Holiday Butter Cookie Recipes

Page 1: Gluten-Free Gingerbread Cookies

CAPSULE REPORT: Make someone’s day this holiday season with a gift from your heart—homemade cookies made with delicious fresh butter. Homemade cookies are inexpensive yet still say you care. The difference between butter and margarine is 180 degrees. If we don’t taste butter when we bite into a cookie, we toss it—it’s not worth the calories unless we get a hit of butter flavor. The Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board has provided us with its annual collection of holiday recipes—all classic treats with a modern twist. Don’t forget to read our cookie-baking and baking with butter tips, and find more recipes in the prior year’s Christmas cookie article. This is Page 1 of a 9-page article. Click the black links below to view the other recipes.

Gluten-free Allspice Gingerbread Cookies

Thin, crispy and full of holiday spice, these
buttery bites are a fantastic way to celebrate
the season, whether you have dietary
restrictions or not. Gifting tip: Stack flat, frosting-free cookies
like these by the dozen and
wrap them in cellophane. Then, roll
a piece of cardboard or construction
paper around the outside of the
cookies and fasten it closed
with tape, ribbon or other
accoutrements. Recipe yields 3 dozen cookies.

Ingredients

2-1/3 cups all-purpose gluten-free flour mix*

1 cup almond meal or almond flour

1/2 teaspoon xanthan gum powder** (optional)

1 teaspoon baking soda

1-1/2 teaspoons ground allspice

1-1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

1-1/2 teaspoons ground ginger

1/2 teaspoon ground cloves

1/4 teaspoon finely ground black pepper

1/2 teaspoon salt

3/4 cup (1-1/2 sticks) butter, softened

1/2 cup light brown sugar, packed

2/3 cup natural, unsulfured molasses

1 large egg

Colored sugar, for decoration

* Gluten-free flour mix and almond meal or almond flour can be found in the gluten-free or natural food section of most stores.
** Xanthan gum powder will improve texture of cookies but is not required to make this recipe. It can be found in health food stores, gourmet markets and online.